YARAT RESIDENCY: SOLO EXHIBITION PROSPECT OFF THE SLOPE BY NEDA ZARFSAZ (IRAN)
15 Jul - 21 Aug 16
YARAT Contemporary Art Space is pleased to invite you to the personal show of Iranian resident Neda Zarfsaz “Prospect off the slope” at the ARTIM Project Space
YARAT Contemporary Art Space is organizing personal show of Iranian resident Neda Zarfsaz “Prospect off the slope” at the ARTIM Project Space on July 15th, 2016, at 19:00.
Resident was offered temporary working space at YARAT Studios and was supported to develop works that will be presented at ARTIM Project Space as a solo show.
“Prospect off the slope” is a conclusive project by Iranian artist Neda Zarfsaz.
The context of the show based on the local environment’s influence to the artist.
Presented six works talk about the artist’s personal suggestive way on changes that is happening around us. Collected works are kind of archiving about environment and landscape. It talks about the modern construction effects, industry’s role in Caspian marine region and asks existence questions.
Artist Statement: The interdependence of sublime landscape and life metaphor is profound; yet documenting this fragile interconnection is a challenging endeavor. Neda Zarfsaz’s art showcases the essence of these intricate affinities without representing that in material, but in ephemeralities that are mostly captured through photography and video. Her concepts loop together the end and beginning of life maneuvers; it is a journey that goes from specific to general, and vice versa. Zarfsaz’s work alternates between abstraction and repetition and often takes landscape as a point of departure. Zarfsaz’s projects display conventional aesthetic to make the audience look and look again, to think and think again.
Neda Zarfsaz (born in 1981, Urmia, Iran) holds an MFA from Valand Academy of Gothenburg University. In 2013, she was awarded the MOP CAP residency award at Gasworks in London and the Adlerbertska Hospitiestiftelsen award in Gotenburg Sweden in 2011. Her piece “Big stones without little stones” is selected for Abu Dhabi Art Fair. She is a participant number solo and duo exhibitions including Body, Space, Perception, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran (2016), Surveiling the Naked City: Haugesund Kunstforening, Haugesund, Norway (2016), Good News From Iran: Endjavi Barbe Art Projects, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany (2014) and many others.
YARAT Contemporary Arts Space recently launched a residency programme that aims to further support local arts scene and encourage creative exchange between local and international artists. Residency invites international artists to stay and work in Baku for up to three months along with two local artists, who are given temporary working spaces as part of YARAT Studios and are encouraged to produce a body of work that results in shows at the ARTIM Project Space.
Opening Date: 15 July 2016
Time: 7 pm
Address: ARTIM Project Space
Old City (Icherisheher) Boyuk Gala Street 30, 001A
Admission is free
Exhibition dates: 15 July - 21 August 2016
Working hours: Thursday – Sunday, 2pm – 8pm
For more information: www.yarat.az; 0125051414
